Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-09

oEHlEI WIN plStt4S aUt S0DfgtuS. rushed
TO the house of Mr. w Il. Jones, whose
wife charged him with beating her wits
out cause. The husband charged tgat Iii.
wifi came home a. that uuseem.y hour,
snd tlat IS soon a. she met pm 81
began TO scream and that Pars0n E1us.Ou
rushed in aGt struck him over tde .;z--
eye with bosrd, prO0g-.Eg very peI1-
full wound. Pars0u EsuSJau aud U4r
nemed Leicester came u carriage, e--
CortLng Mrs. Jones home. Le.c 81 p
Claims u Dt an uncle Of Mrs. Jones, bat
Nj. Jones, who t4tteIS himself ma na
had her Dsrt Of the family zee down ra4.
says that ne never before heard Cf -uel
an uncle
TEE HUSBAND ARRESTED
The mex. morning Mrs. Jones sw1ro
ont 3 warrant for the arrest OF her hus-
oand, charging him with aggravated SIS
sault and battery She said ne caosed
her, end showed the County ATTORNEY aer
Injuries, which she alleged ne init cled.
she charged MIN with aggravated
assault and battery. Le.er III the same
day Nj. W. b. Jones, the husDsud. put
in an appearance ana charged the Rev.
James 7. austOu, who IS connected
with the proposed Dallas and Archer
Railway Company, with aggravated IS
sault and bsttery or aim rjilI later Mr..
(. i. Robertson and Mr.. Luderma1 ap-
peared and charged bocl Mr.. ant Mrs.
JoRes with disturbing tbs peace aLd
quietude CT South Dallas.
THE SEPARATION.
After this occurrence Mrs. Jones
packed up her things aud leic The m2rIt5I
roof. The marriage OF Jones ami his wife
ence. They never met until fheg were
engaged. Growing out OF the separation
of Jones and mis- wife. 2 brace of street
fights occurred between Mr.. ID L. stuart
and Mr. +. B Saint. Both parties were
occurred tO.daV. The cases that e,r. y
out OF the family jsr were Sc for trtzI To-.
day in the County court s. follOW=. Tn
State vs. W.B. jones, CHARGED with dis
turbirg the peace: STATE W. Nra + Eg
Jones, his dead wife, charged with q
similar of5nse, anu the State vs.. Rev.
James T. NanstOn, charging him with
aggravated assault on W. B Jones.
THE kILLING.
This morning about a.I5 O'Clock four
pistol shots tired in rapid succession. ac-
Companied blythe screams Of @ woman.
Tax GNt Win lSGIlu4 llsLtEe- Oh IKE
from the courthouse. end o few minutes
sitter the halls Of the lower gJar
Of the building was crowded with
people Deputy SIeiif-s Ed mGrty1
snd COe were struggling with Jones
az the west end Of the hall to get posses
sion of the pistol with which he had
committed the killing, end after a des-
pera1e struggle they succeeded. Mrs.
T1r.-
the northwest corner Of the hall, where
she had fallen, with the blood
triCkliDg down from her left temple,
while the officers were vet struggling
with her murderer, which was in less
time than FIVE minutes. She never uttered
& word, but only screamed. The second
shot broke her left thigh, and the third
shot, which fractured her left hsnd, made
the three wounds. There were
-FOUR SHOTS IN ALL,
the fourth being fred by Jones at Deputy
Sheriff Martyr, who first closed IN on
him. It missed the officer, who beIted
him over the head with his six-shooter,
knocking him down, when Jones pistol
was taken from him. Jumping to his feet
Jones cried, "Don't let him kill me" and
dashed out OF the west door, and
back into the hall, followed by the officers,
who soon caught him. He resisted win
all mis- might, and called to the large
crowd that had gathered by this time not
to let them kill him. Sheriff Lewis told
him he must be quiet ard 90 to all, and
appearing to recognize the Cnf3er ne
WENT ALONG WITH HIM.
The BODY Of Mrs. 4. +. Jones, the mUr-
dered wife, who but q few moments be
fore was so full of life, and who was
slsin by her jealous husband, was
lifted up by the officers and
Carried into the rear CG.ce Of
the county attorney and laid Cut on
the floor to swat tle arrival OF So under
tszer. The officers locked the door SUD
kept back the crowd this, surged 52cE
ard forth in the hau seeking aGmi.t2rca.
There she lay with her eff -mpla still
bleeding, her hands
FOLDED ACROSS HER BREAST,
Blood splotches about be- Zip tclt where
q ball Lad entered. Several blood stan.
were On her dress, On the -ower part II
the skirt. \ black straw hac was ona her
head, sEd SIZE was attired in g WHITE
Mother Hub5eT7. trimmed vita
black velvet sleeves. and wore
a +io5+.tt+iro bIsci- yely-- L.,.-